<p>“Sorry, if you want to be treated with respect and with maturity, then don’t do things just to look good. Do it because it is worthwhile.”</p>
<p>I find that comment to be particularly hurtful and degrading. You do not know me. You do not know how I handled my admissions process. You do not know that I only applied to one school that I really fell in love with. You do not know that I had to deal with ridicle from high achieving friends who thought that I was less than them because I am going to a less known school. Although I may only be eighteen I can still give valuable advice. And my advice to you is DO NOT MAKE hurtful comments about someone before you know their whole story. And for that matter DO NOT attack someone’s character or integrity. I am glad that my parents managed to teach me proper etiquette and manners. And for that I am probably further ahead in the world than half of the adults.</p>